#individuality

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Where the state ceases—there begins the human being who is not superfluous: there begins the song of necessity, the unique and irreplaceable melody.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.

To be normal is the ideal aim of the unsuccessful.

Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant. Therefore, we can predict his future only within the large framework of a statistical survey referring to the whole group; the individual personality remains essentially unpredictable.

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Even the fool possesses one sacred spark of purpose under heaven.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

There is no genius without a touch of madness.